Lesson: Boyle’s Law Physics • Second Year of Secondary School

In this lesson, we will learn how to use the formula PV = constant (Boyle’s Law) to calculate the pressure or volume of a gas that is allowed to expand or contract at a constant temperature.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

know that for an ideal gas at constant temperature, the pressure, , of the gas is inversely proportional to the volume, ,
use , where is a constant, to determine the pressure or volume of a gas before or after a thermodynamic process that keeps the temperature constant,
understand diagrams that represent the particles of a gas and how Boyle’s Law can be shown using these diagrams.